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LP: Thank you. Any other Commissioner comments or questions? Because I'd like to open this to the public. MC: I just don't feel personally that I have enough informdtion about this, and the need for the entire thing to be new windows right now. I didn't seethe house, I've driven past it, I haven't seen it with anyone that could point out the features of it that make it impossible for you not to redo the ones that are there. I'd like to know why that is, and I don't see it in this material. LP: Anything further from the Commissioners? 1'd like to open this to the public? I feel that there are some people here that wish to speak on this. Am I correct in that? Please come up and identify yourself into the microphone. I want to get all of the evidence before we make any determination. PH: My name is Paul Hayden and I work for Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. I am their Community Preservation Specialist. South Bend is made up of many fine historic neighborhoods, but me personally, ever since I was this high, Park Avenue and the Chapin Park neighborhood was one of my favorites. I grew up with a good friend that lived near there and! remember that house over that last 30-40 years. It's a very important house to our community in a very important neighborhood. In our work, we encourage the preservation of these kinds of landmarks, but also their parts and their pieces. It's more important as a whole than just say the windows or the doors. I have not inspected the windows, I'd be curious to do that at some point, having worked on four or five of my own old houses, I have yet to see any old windows that I couldn't restore. They probably do exist out there, but I have restored some pretty awful wood sashes. It appears to me that your guidelines do call for the retention of these important features and material on this building, and I guess as a Commission I would encourage you to look very strongly at staying with those guidelines and working with the homeowner to do something to retain this historic part of the house, make it energy efficient and make sure that its guaranteed to be around another hundred years. LP: Thank you. JD: My name is Joan Downs-Krostenko and I live at 849 Forest Avenue. SY: My name is Susan Youens, and I live at 850 Forest Avenue. JD: We represent the Chapin Park Historic neighborhood liaison committee. Last month I read a letter, which I'm not going to repeat, but I am going to submit again, and before I have my short comments, I have a question. Can I ask a question? LP: Mm-hmm. JD: The C ofA doesn't seem to askpermission to rehabilitate the existing windows; it only explains why storm windows are not possible and why the new windows that would be purchased would be good. And I was wondering why the actual complete physical restoration or rebuilding of the existing windows been considered as an option? Because, as far as I could tell, that's never been an option, and I was wondering if 1 just missed it. Ok, well I'll just read this briefly Last month I read a statement regarding the petition to rehabilitate or re-do the windows in the Anderson House at 710 Park Avenue in Chapin Park. Professor Youens and I are hereto reiterate the opinion of the Chapin Park Historic District liaison committee that only the rehabilitation of the windows in this important property should be allowed. The preservationist community is increasingly against using historic properties using new windows as the materials construction and dimensions of these features are rarely harmonious with the original structure even when they are "custom " made. The singular features of the chapin house windows with their rounded tops and large number of variations in size make custom fit hand made, reconditioned windows the only sensitive and efficient method for improvement in preservation. Thank you. SY: I just wanted to add that I am in the midst of the process of having the beautiful old windows on my home rehabbed by a marvelousfirm irm that specializes in rehabbing old windows on historic houses. I had one experience a number of years ago with one replacement window and I was extraordinarily unhappy with it, and this reconditioning of the windows that came with my house has been so much successful, such a happier experience, and so much better at heat retention, that practically speaking its been the better option. So, I don't know if I could perhaps 5